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Lock up Moderate

Lock up has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

secure by locking

"lock up the house before you go on vacation"

2

place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

"The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"

"She locked her jewels in the safe"

3

to imprison or incarcerate someone

Example Sentences
"lock up the house before you go on vacation" verb
"The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend" verb
"She locked her jewels in the safe" verb
See Also
incarcerate lock away window invest close imprison belock door
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
fasten confine
Rhyming Words
2 up 7 up 1 up on up go up ey up re up do up tug up tee up bid up bag up end up eye up fog up fed up ton up rig up man up ice up
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